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Author Bodenheimer, Thomas.

Title Understanding health policy : a clinical approach / Thomas Bodenheimer, Kevin Grumbach.

Publication Info. New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, [2012]
©2012

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Reference Material  PHARM WA 540 AA1 B666U 2012    Check Shelf
Edition 6th ed.
Description vii, 231 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Note At head of title: A Lange medical book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: the paradox of excess and deprivation -- Paying for health care -- Access to health care -- Reimbursing health care providers -- How health care is organized-- I: Primary, secondary, and tertiary care -- How health care is organized -- II: Health delivery systems -- Health care workforce and the education of health professionals -- Painful versus painless cost control -- Mechanisms for controlling costs -- Quality of health care -- Prevention of illness -- Long-term care -- Medical ethics and rationing of health care -- Health care in four nations -- Health care reform and national health insurance -- Conflict and change in America's health care system -- Conclusion: tensions and challenges -- Questions and discussion topics.
Subject Health Policy -- United States.
Health Care Costs -- United States.
Health Care Rationing -- United States.
National Health Insurance, United States -- United States.
Medical care -- United States.
Medical policy -- United States.
Added Author Grumbach, Kevin.
ISBN 9780071770521 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0071770526 (paperback : alkaline paper)
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